A PROTESTER against Styal Women's Prison was arrested out-side Mold Crown Court following an outburst inside the court.

Police were called after Pauline Campbell, of Hampton near Malpas, was physically ejected but made repeated attempts to get back inside.

The drama occurred when a friend of hers, Donna Louise Williams, 23, collapsed in the dock after she had been remanded in custody.

Williams, of Queen's Court in Llandudno, was due to be sentenced for sending a threatening letter to a social worker.

But she arrived late, a warrant had been issued for her arrest, the judge due to deal with her had left, and Mr Recorder Thomas Teague QC remanded Williams in custody.

The court heard she suffered from diabetes, had blood sugar problems, had been to hospital the previous night but had been able to get to court, although late.

Defending barrister Caroline Harris applied for bail and said Mrs Campbell had given her a lift and accepted it was her responsibility that the defendant was late.

When remanded in custody, Williams collapsed in the dock, the court was adjourned while an ambulance was called and she was treated in the dock by paramedics, and was taken to hospital.

There was then an outburst from the public gallery as Mrs Campbell protested that Williams had been remanded in custody.

Mrs Campbell, who has been demanding a public inquiry into six deaths within a 12 months period at Styal Women's Prison near Wilmslow, Cheshire - including her own daughter Sarah Campbell - shouted from the public gallery that it was a disgrace.

'This court is outrageous,' she shouted. 'Donna Williams was in Styal prison where six women died. This court should show some humanity. It was my fault she was not here this morning. This is outrageous. How dare you! Don't you have any compassion?'

Mr Recorder Teague told her to leave the public gallery, but then had to retire after Williams collapsed.

Mrs Campbell then came to the well of the court and shouted at barristers, court staff and others that Donna Williams had seen a woman hanged in Styal Prison.

She said her own daughter had died in Styal and shouted: 'Do you not have any humanity at all?'

When she refused to leave she was led out of court and physically ejected from the foyer after further outbursts.

She protested that Williams was terrified 'of going back into that place and is there any wonder?'.

Mrs Campbell shouted: 'I don't want you to take her to that death camp.'

Sarah Campbell, her daughter, died in Styal prison, aged 18 after taking an overdose.

She was convicted of the manslaughter of Amrit Bhandari on May 16, 2002.

The case was unique in British legal history in that the custodial sentence was based on a charge of harassment.

Sarah had previously spent six months on remand in Styal and frequently wrote to her mother of her unhappiness at the conditions in which she was living.

This week, after repeatedly trying to get back into court and shouting at security staff, police officers arrived and arrested Mrs Campbell.

Donna Williams was taken to hospital and was told that as far as the court was concerned she would be remanded in custody to appear before Judge John Rogers QC for sentence at Caernarfon Crown Court on May 8.